Famous Birthdays Aug 13 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician, born in Saffron Waldon, Essex, England (d. 1640) Born in 1584 Famous Deaths Aug 4 John van Hembyze, Flemish Calvinist, dies at 71 Aug 22 Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530) Jul 1584 History by Year Sep 1584 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z